Aircraft lights

I am setting lights on my new A380 (thank you, Santa!). I have few PIC controllers with the programmer to control strobes, landing lights etc. The thing is I am running out of channels on my Rx and want to automate lighting function by reading existing channels (flaps, gear, trottle) and having some "smart" logic to determine what to turn on/off and when.

Can you tell me or point to the right source to learn when different lights need to be turned on and off?

My setup is:

- Two landing lights at the wing root
- Landing/taxing light at the front gear
- Two red strobes on top and the bottom of the fuselage
- Red and green lights with white strobes by the wing tips
- White strobe at the vertical stab base at the end of the fuselage
- Two white lights to illuminate tail logo

Sergy, you could also program the wing root landing lights to come on when the throttle stick is between 1% and 25%. Greater than 25% and they go off. 0% and they go off. During most of the flight they're off. Coming in for a landing and reducing the power below 25%, they come on. Post some pictures of your plane if you have a chance. -- Joel

Thank you Joel! I sort of fomalized lights function for two input channels (see attachment). The ideal way to control lights is to use three inputs: throttle, flaps and gear. Unfortunately it means 7 total I/O channels on the microcontroller chip. The chip I have has only 6 I/O channels. I adopted two inputs: flaps and gear to control 4 types of lights, which is 6 I/O channels total. The algorithm looks promising on paper. When I find time to figure out algorithm to control strobes and their combinations rest is easy.

I don't have pictures of A380 but I have video of a maiden flight. Pardon the landing, I realized runway is going to be too short only after the take off...

Images

Sergey, thanks for the video. The model looks really nice and you fly it very well. Since you are flying close to Mathis Airport, you should go over there on weekends because a small group of R/C'ers have been flying there for the past few months. The airport owner has been thinking about getting a club started, but I haven't heard anything about it lately. Plenty of room for takeoff and landing--the paved runway is 1800' long.

Excellent modeling, Sergey. And very good flying, too. Your videographer also deserves credit. Your Airbus is getting more and more realistic. It must give the drivers on the road some anxious moments.

It looks like you are getting ready to go into commercial production with your design.